Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries

My grandmother, Ruth Campbell Smith (1892 - 1972) kept a diary for many years. I am posting her entries from 1925 - 1927 in this blog. Her family included sons Dale (1916 - 2004), Dick (1918 - 1971), Albert (1920 - 1979), and Ned (1923 - 1976), and later daughters Marjorie (1925 - 2010) and Eleanor (1929 - 2011). Her husband was Gilbert (1889 - 1937) and they lived in Indianapolis. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what it was like to be a housewife and mother in the 1920's.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Saturday, April 24, 1926

No diary entry for this day. Maybe it was one of those beautiful spring days and they spent it outside working in the yard? Grandma liked to garden and I remember she had many different flowers in her back yard, along with a quince shrub. I think in the 1920's, she also grew some vegetables and had more fruit trees than later on when she was living alone.